Chapter 35: Regained After Loss

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Chapter 35: Regained After Loss

Mu Yanxiao’s emotions at this moment were beyond words. He felt that he should be ecstatic, yet at the same time, he was filled with immense anger and sorrow.

He opened his lips and trembled several times before finally managing to utter a hoarse, low voice, “Bring him here… Be careful.”

Although Mu Five didn’t know what had suddenly caused his boss to become like this, he still carried out the order with utmost seriousness.

“…Squeak…” Lin You let out a weak cry.

Mu Yanxiao immediately turned his head, almost gritting his teeth as he said, “Gently!!”

Mu Five trembled all over. He quickly and gently placed the little thing in his hands into his boss’s already outstretched palms. Then he craned his neck, waiting to see what would happen.

“You can leave now.”

Unfortunately, Boss Mu had no intention of letting anyone disturb his private time with the little guinea pig who was “suspected to be Linlin,” so he dismissed Mu Five without hesitation. “Don’t let anyone in. Also, find out whether Lu Yuan reported his visit to Dr. Ouyang. And tell Ouyang Ming that Lu Yuan intended to inject me with glucose. Ask him whether that’s good or bad.”

Mu Five had initially been rather disappointed that he wouldn’t get to witness anything exciting or strange, but after hearing his boss’s words, his expression turned grim. Although he was the least intelligent of the five brothers, he wasn’t an idiot! With just a little thought, he could tell that Boss Mu suspected Lu Yuan of intending to harm him.

Mu Five immediately straightened up and stormed out.

Once only Mu Yanxiao and the still slightly trembling Lin You, the injured guinea pig, remained in the ward, the cold and imposing expression that had just been on Mu Yanxiao’s face disappeared completely. He gently reached out and stroked the warm, smooth fur. No matter how hard he tried to tell himself not to be nervous or get his hopes up too high, when he finally spoke, his voice still trembled, carrying a hint of pleading that he himself didn’t notice.

“Are you… Linlin…?”

Lin You trembled all over when he heard those words. Not from shock, but from pain. He felt as if that damned Lu Yuan had broken several of his bones when he threw him. Even breathing hurt now. But that wasn’t the important part. What mattered was that he felt this little body probably wouldn’t last more than a few days after all this.

Mu Yanxiao waited for a long time, but Lin You never answered. His heart sank lower and lower. He really couldn’t bear to have all his hopes shattered again after finally seeing a glimmer of hope! In desperation, Mu Yanxiao gently shook the round creature in his palm, his voice low and urgent.

“Linlin! Are you Linlin? Say something to me! Even just one sentence!!”

If there had been anyone else in the ward at this moment, they would definitely have thought that the young master of the Mu Family had been driven insane by too much stimulation. Holding a round guinea pig in his hands and gazing at him with such deep affection while trying to get a guinea pig to speak… Haha, Young Master Mu, the Mu Family probably wasn’t far from bankruptcy now, was it?

But there was no one else in the ward. There was only a person who firmly believed that his pet was still alive, and a guinea pig who firmly believed that he absolutely could not die. So Lin You grunted twice, reluctantly and with a hint of complaint, then stretched out his little paw and began scratching at his blind master’s palm with his sharpest claws.

The moment Lin You extended his paw, Mu Yanxiao froze completely. He held his breath, too afraid to move, his back straightening ramrod, as if awaiting some life-or-death moment.

[Woman…horse…bolt…insect…] ( 女……马……疋……虫…… )

?!

Mu Yanxiao didn’t react for a moment. What kind of word was that…?

Suddenly, he remembered what his parrot always said whenever it got angry or furious: “ Damn it ( 妈蛋 .”

Mu Yanxiao sucked in a sharp breath, overwhelmed by a wild joy he couldn’t even begin to express! Even if Linlin’s answer wasn’t anything he had imagined, still! Other than his Linlin, what other guinea pig could write words in his palm?! An ordinary guinea pig couldn’t even write, let alone use pinyin !!

“Linlin…!! You’re really alive! You’re really alive!” Mu Yanxiao trembled with excitement and, without thinking, lowered his head and kissed the warm fur.

Before he could express his overwhelming excitement any further, his palm suddenly hurt, and he felt the new Linlin in his hand bite him hard.

Mu Yanxiao, “…” His Linlin still had the same straightforward temper! That was great!

However, Mu Yanxiao knew that Linlin must want to tell him something. He quickly spread his palm flat, waiting for those soft yet sharp little claws to trace words across it.

[Damn it!]

[Scram!]

[I’m dying from the pain! Don’t you know to call a doctor?!]

[Heh, I’m still alive, and I’m about to die. It hurts like hell! Stupid! Master!]

The smile on Mu Yanxiao’s face gradually stiffened. By the end, that stiffness had been replaced by overwhelming heartache and anger. When Lin You finally collapsed motionless in his palm, Mu Yanxiao’s heart sank, afraid that the pet he had just regained would disappear once again.

“Linlin? Linlin, are you all right?!” Mu Yanxiao asked anxiously, then shouted toward the outside of the ward, “Mu Two! Mu Five! Someone else! Anyone, just come quickly!!”

By this point, Mu Two had already left Lu Yuan in a treatment room to fend for himself. When he was still a dozen or so steps from his boss’s ward, he heard his boss’s almost frantic summons. He immediately snapped to attention and rushed into the ward at the fastest speed of his life.

“Boss?! What’s wrong?! Are you all right?!”

Mu Two looked both wary and anxious. Their young master had barely spoken a word since entering the ward and couldn’t be bothered to talk to anyone. For him to suddenly call for someone meant something serious had definitely happened.

“Go kidnap Wang Xiao! Tell him I need him to help save a guinea pig!”

Mu Two, “…?!”

Boss!! Are you sure you’re mentally sound?! Making such a huge fuss just to kidnap the eldest son of the Wang Family to save a guinea pig?! Even if you’re certain you’re perfectly sane, there’s no way the eldest son of the Wang Family would willingly come!!

“What are you waiting for? Go!”

Mu Two glanced at the coffee-spotted white guinea pig in his boss’s palm, then simply turned around and went to kidnap Wang Xiao.

Ha. Anyway, to the five brothers, their boss’s words were law. He absolutely wouldn’t disobey. Besides, Mu Two keenly noticed that at this moment, their boss’s expression, complexion, and even the gloomy aura around him had changed drastically. For a moment, he even felt that the boss had returned to the state he’d been in when Linlin was still around.

At that thought, Mu Two’s expression stiffened. He turned around and glanced once more at his boss, who was sitting on the hospital bed and seriously “looking” down at the guinea pig in his palm.

“…My thought process really is suited for writing novels.”

How could he have had such a fleeting thought that the guinea pig in his boss’s palm was Linlin? He had personally watched Linlin’s body being cremated and buried. Still, this was probably a good thing. Even if the boss was simply transferring his feelings onto this guinea pig, as long as he could keep him from drowning in his grief over Linlin, that was a good thing!

Mu Two nodded and left in a fairly good mood.

Meanwhile, Lin You, who was in excruciating pain and a terrible mood, was becoming increasingly irritated by his blind master’s constant muttering beside his ear. He couldn’t casually yell, “Are you done yet?!” like he had before, and writing was too slow. In a fit of impatience, he simply used his two sharp front teeth to bite Mu Yanxiao’s palm for the second time.

Mu Yanxiao, whose palm felt itchy and numb, was speechless. Finally, some peace and quiet. Lin You nodded in satisfaction, then continued lying there comfortably. But the next moment, Mu Yanxiao lifted him up and gently placed him on a soft cushion with a scent he knew all too well.

“Linlin, you don’t need to pay attention to me. Just sleep peacefully here. I promise I won’t let anyone come near you and hurt you again. I’ve already sent Mu Two to find Wang Xiao. He’ll be here soon to treat you.”

Lin You answered Mu Yanxiao with two very soft squeaks.

Mu Yanxiao’s expression instantly softened.

“You don’t need to worry about me. I’ll just talk quietly. Treat it as a lullaby and go to sleep. You don’t have to answer me. I’m just… too happy, too overjoyed… If I don’t keep talking and reminding myself that you’ve come back, I’ll be afraid. Afraid that this is just a dream.”

At this point, Mu Yanxiao let out a low chuckle.

“Linlin, if you were a woman, perhaps I would have married you.”

Lin You’s round body instantly stiffened.

“Ha… If you were a man, that wouldn’t matter either. As long as you can become human, would you stay with me for the rest of our lives? Actually, even if you can’t take human form, it wouldn’t matter. As long as… you stay by my side and keep me company.”

Mu Yanxiao’s voice became extremely soft as he spoke, as if he were afraid of waking the creature in his hands, afraid that he might not be willing to stay, or might leave again without hesitation.

Suddenly, Mu Yanxiao felt a slight tingling sensation in his palm. After waiting for a moment, his eyes suddenly reddened. His heart felt as though something huge and warm had expanded inside it, filling him with such immense happiness that he couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

[Stupid Master! This lord is everywhere!]

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